Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
In crystals of the key respiratory and photosynthetic electron transfer protein called ubihydroquinone:cytochrome (cyt) c oxidoreductase or cyt bc(1), the extrinsic [2Fe2S] cluster domain of its Fe-S subunit assumes several conformations, suggesting that it may move during catalysis. Herein, using Rhodobacter capsulatus mutants that have modifications in the hinge region of this subunit, we were able to reveal this motion kinetically. Thus, the bc(1) complex (and possibly the homologous b(6)f complex in chloroplasts) employs the [2Fe2S] cluster domain as a device to shuttle electrons from ubihydroquinone to cyt c(1) (or cyt f). We demonstrate that this domain movement is essential for cyt bc(1) function, because a mutant enzyme with a nonmoving Fe-S subunit has no catalytic activity, and one with a slower movement has lower activity. This motion is apparently designed with a natural frequency slow enough to assure productive Q(o) site charge separation but fast enough not to be rate limiting. These findings add the unprecedented function of intracomplex electron shuttling to large-scale domain motions in proteins and may well provide a target for cyt bc(1) antibiotics.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-10066773, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-10573417, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-10576736, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-10591533, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-1227927, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-1311417, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-1313287, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-1846443, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-2843373, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-732578, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-8139653, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-8292600, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-8383528, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-8519754, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-8519756, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-8637601, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9204897, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9305958, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9546387, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9565029, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9609705, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9651245, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9653134, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/10781061-9819216
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4567-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Electron Transport, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Electron Transport Complex III, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Iron-Sulfur Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Photochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Rhodobacter capsulatus, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10781061-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Uncovering the [2Fe2S] domain movement in cytochrome bc1 and its implications for energy conversion.
pubmed:affiliation
Plant Science Institute, Department of Biology, and The Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.